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w w w . c a n a d i a n l a w y e r m a g . c o m J A N U A R Y 2 0 1 9 53 Schnurr Kirsh Oelbaum Tator LLP Toronto, Bowmanville estatelitigation.net Established in 1992, this estate litigation boutique's lawyers specialize in estate, trust and guardianship litigation and mediation, and have chaired conferences, taught and authored two texts in estate law: Estate Litigation and The Annotated Ontario Estates Statutes. The firm provides advice to clients in complex, emotional estate disputes. The firm acts as counsel to lawyers throughout Ontario and has expertise in guardianship applications and powers of attorney disputes for clients facing capacity issues. It also offers mediation and arbitration services. The firm's lawyers speak frequently for the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners Canada, the Law Society of Ontario, the Ontario Bar Association and other groups. Within estate litigation, the firm's practice includes contested wills, trustee disputes, passing of accounts, dependent support claims, will interpretations, family law act claims and variations of trusts. They also do mental incompetency litigation and estate administration and planning. The Estate House Edmonton theestatehouse.ca The Estate House is an estates boutique in Edmonton founded in 2004 by partners Douglas Gorman and David Koski. The firm has since grown to five lawyers. Each estate is unique, as are the personalities involved. Through their involvement with many estates, having acted — at different times — for both personal representatives and for beneficiaries, the lawyers at The Estate House recognize the significance of estate matters to the people involved and the importance of resolving disputes cost-effectively when difficulties do arise. Client service areas include personal representative assistance, beneficiary advice, estate planning, estate litigation and adult guardianship and trusteeship. Koski, at the firm since 2004, is a past chairman of the Canadian Bar Association Wills, Estates and Trusts section (North) and past president of the Estate Planning Council of Edmonton. Also at the firm are Deborah McGuire, Mariya Bindas and David Ranieri. (VWDWH/LWLJDWLRQ(VWDWH$GPLQLVWUDWLRQ :LOOV3RZHUVRI$WWRUQH\DQG7UXVWV *XDUGLDQVKLS$SSOLFDWLRQV0HGLDWLRQ 3RZHURI$WWRUQH\DQG&DSDFLW\/LWLJDWLRQ 2'63,VVXHV(OGHU/DZDQG(OGHU$EXVH 439 University Avenue, Suite 1700 Toronto, ON M5G 1Y8 tel: 416-928-6685 www.ggslawyers.com Your source for Untitled-2 1 2018-12-13 9:25 AM